http://www.primeratecredit.com All About Credit : Credit Cards, Loans, Getting Great Interest Wed, 14 May 2008 15:15:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dividends, in my humble opinion, are a great thing. After all, I've followed a bit of how world famous investory Warren Buffett, the head of famed conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, invests, and much of the companies he invests in (mind you, long haul), do pay some sort of dividend. ... http://www.primeratecredit.com/2008/05/14/dividends-anyone/ The results are "in" for April's spending reports on the American public spending habits, and borrowing habits, and it's actually what appears to be a bright spot in the otherwise dark doppler forecast for the economy as of late. Apparently, consumer spending and borrowing, mostly in the form of ... http://www.primeratecredit.com/2008/05/11/credit-card-and-auto-loan-spending-drove-march/ Although banks have historically had a set of criteria to go by when lending money to an individual or couple for the purpose of purchasing a home with it (in other words, a mortgage loan), many admittedly let some of the criteria either slip by or be minimally qualifying in ... http://www.primeratecredit.com/2008/05/08/higher-percentage-of-banks-report-stringent-lending-practices/ My boyfriend and I live together. We do not share bank accounts as I personally do not believe that to be with someone, even married, that you have to share checking accounts, or even credit accounts. We do have our home we bought last year in both of ... http://www.primeratecredit.com/2008/05/05/when-is-it-worth-it-to-consolidate/ A lot of people I work with were supposed to be getting their stimulus checks that the Federal government is issuing in the next few weeks, in this current week we are in now. Many of them said that the check could not come soon enough for them, many ... http://www.primeratecredit.com/2008/05/02/stimulus-checks-on-their-way/ We all hate to pay them, some more than others, myself included admittedly. What am I talking about? Those darn ATM fees that eat up a couple bucks, and sometims up to three to four dollars at some ATM's, for the privelege of accessing and withdrawing money that ... http://www.primeratecredit.com/2008/04/28/can-you-avoid-atm-fees/ Let's talk about the current stock market for a minute. First of all, you should know that I'm not a huge skeptic when it comes to the resilience of the American economy and the American stock market as well. I know, times have been extremely tough over the ... http://www.primeratecredit.com/2008/04/25/money-markets-better-for-your-money-in-this-economy/ In yet more ominous news about today's economic situation, both microeconomically and macroeconomically for those who enjoy referring back to old highschool and college terms, unlike me, foor prices are being forecasted to go higher than they have in more than 17 years, and they are saying that right now ... http://www.primeratecredit.com/2008/04/22/food-prices-set-to-skyrocket/ Most small business owners are not expecting the fed's stimulus package tax rebates that, for many, are coming as early as May, to really help boost their businesses in any meaningful way, if at all, according to recent surveys. Some do still believe though that the rebate checks may ... http://www.primeratecredit.com/2008/04/20/small-business-expects-no-boost-from-stimulus-rebates/ Well, it seems like there are a lot of things at work in this economy that are unfortunately not working for us as consumers, but rather very much against us. While I hate to take on the doomsday tone since I think that the media's doomsday attitude on the ... http://www.primeratecredit.com/2008/04/17/food-prices-likely-to-keep-rising/